Generational differences in international research collaboration: A bibliometric study of Norwegian University staff.

ABSTRACT: This paper addresses the relationship between age and international research collaboration. The main research question is: do younger researchers collaborate more internationally than their senior colleagues? A common assumption is that younger generations are generally more internationally oriented than older generations. On the other hand, senior researchers may have larger international networks compared to younger colleagues. The study is based on data for 5,600 Norwegian researchers and their publication output during a three-year period (44,000 publications). Two indicators for international collaboration are used: The share of researchers involved in international collaboration measured by co-authorship and the average proportion of publications with international collaboration per

SUBMITTER: Rorstad K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8629247 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature